PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it has signed a $100 million contract to supply Libyan carrier General Post and Telecom Co. with GSM/GPRS and UMTS infrastructure...
DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc. said it has received a notice from the trustee under the indenture governing its $150 million of 10.75-percent senior notes due 2011...
ST. LOUIS-AAT Communications Corp. and Bechtel Telecommunications have signed a national two-year contract under which they will partner to offer wireless carriers a one-stop...
WASHINGTON-There is no technical reason for carriers not to comply with the digital wiretap act, a senior government official said Wednesday."At this junction, it...
WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell called on Congress to codify the agency's recently adopted plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band.Such a...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Cellular Systems' Cellular One today launched the Identity phone, a new handset that uses Wildseed Ltd.'s SmartSkins, an interactive wireless accessory.SmartSkins are...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless said it is cooperating with Intel to deliver integrated wireless connectivity solutions to mobile professionals worldwide.The agreement calls for the...
LA JOLLA, Calif.-Wireless users can create personal video greetings specifically tailored for friends and family members through a new application from mobile software developer...
BUSAN, Korea-High-speed mobile networks are taking hold in the Asia-Pacific region, providing a platform for multimedia services development, according to a new report from...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless customers can now access their account balances from their handsets by dialing #BAL where they will hear details of their last...
AUSTIN, Texas-The Wi-Fi Alliance said it has certified the Wi-Fi-multimedia standard, otherwise known as WMM, for networking in consumer electronic devices such as DVD...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission proposed Thursday morning to reduce the time it takes to port from wireline service to wireless from four days to...
LUXEMBOURG-Gemplus International S.A. and SoloMio announced a strategic partnership to jointly market and develop call-management and call-completion solutions for subscriber identity module cards. The...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Regional telecommunications provider Alltel Corp. reported that privately held telecommunications and incumbent local exchange carrier Valor Telecommunications L.L.C. has extended it outsourcing...
CHANTILLY, Va.-Newly merged mobile messaging company Mobileway-InphoMatch has teamed with Mobile Entertainment Europe, a mobile entertainment provider in Canada and Europe in an effort...
PARIS-Module maker Wavecom Inc. said it will no longer develop handsets and semiconductors as part of a sweeping restructuring of the company that will...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has acquired a display technology company known as Iridigm Display Corp. for $170 million in cash.The sum accounts for...
LA JOLLA, Calif.-Mobile entertainment publisher Dwango Wireless has tapped M7 Networks, a wireless platform hosting company, to deliver short message service "wake-up" functionality to...
ESSEX, Conn.-Advertising executives Jim Hood and Wes Bray announced the formation of HipCricket L.L.C., a wireless marketing and event company targeting young mobile-phone users.HipCricket...
WASHINGTON-The nation's top mobile-phone carriers asked a Minnesota federal court to stay a judge's decision last Friday upholding a new state law going into...
Jay Kitchen, president and chief executive officer of PCIA, will retire, according to a release issued today by the wireless tower industry trade organization.Kitchen...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, despite interference concerns voiced by the mobile-phone industry, today released an additional 20 megahertz for third-generation mobile-phone communications and other...
JONKOPING, Sweden-Datalink Nordic has developed a mobile service that allows users to send alerts from their mobile phones when they are in danger.Users activate...
MUNICH, Germany-T-Mobile Czech Republic has commissioned Siemens AG to equip its network with EDGE technology. By the end of 2004, the high-speed infrastructure will...
